8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 14

[castoff]

Tina, Hepatitis A vaccine would be the only "shot" that we would probably need to TOAL, only if you are planning on eating the local cuisine. It is not a bad idea to get anyway. Two shots verses Hepatitis A, guess what I choose.

Our girls are required to have Hep A and B for school here in California, so many of your children already have been vaccinated. I need to check with my Infectious Disease doc friend to make sure that nothing else is required. Looking at the CDC travel section we are not at risk of anything else.

Thanks for info. I am pretty sure Brooke got the Hep. A shot for the trip and not for a school requirement. I could be wrong though.

Nice to see you Tina. Glad you could stop by.


Thanks for the reminder about the shots. I'm all up to date, but I'm going to have my mom call her Dr and check on hers. (Not sure if you heard but I'm now taking my mom instead of my son on the Med repo).




hey...where's my breakfast treat?...I miss those

Yeah, I was going to ask if the Hep A was something the doc said to get specifically because of the cruise or if it was just nice to have. Some school are requiring it for attendence--unless it poses a health risk or there's an religious or personal objection to vaccination.


At a minumum, our district requires:

Preschool:
4 DTaP/TD, 3 Polio, 1 Measles, Mumps, Rubella, *1 Hib (if one dose is given at 15 months, requirement met; if given before 15 months, 2 doses are required) 3 Hepatitis B, 1 Varicella

Grade K:
5 DTaP/TD**, 4 Polio***, 2 Measles, Mumps, Rubella, 3 Hepatitis B, and 2 Varicella

Grade 6: (And similarly grades 7-12)
5 DTaP/DTaP**, 1 Tdap (adult Tetanus, Diptheria & Pertussis), 4 Polio***, 2 Measles, Mumps, Rubella, 3 Hepatitis B, and 1 Varicella

**5 Doses of DTaP/TD unless the 4th dose was given on or after the 4th birthday in which case only 4 doses are required.
***4 Doses of Polio unless the 3rd dose was given on or after the 4th birthday in which case only 3 doses are required.




The CDC's Yellow Book has been updated:
Health Information for International Travel, 2008
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentYellowBook.aspx

No requirements for Yellow Fever or malaria vaccines but the cruise is over a year away and they could always have their version of the "TB Guy" running around. But I do see that Hep A, Hep B, malaria, rabies, typhoid and tetnus-diptheria vaccinations may be recommended depending on your personal health situation.

I guess sometime next May we'll visit a travel medicine clinic for any needed boosters. I haven't had a vaccination in a billion years. I know my ICV card is around somewhere. Not that it's needed for this trip...

Hi Monica: I have no pics but have a ton to share. yet?
Since I am on my new laptop..............I don't know how to use some of these features yet. I will get my lost info back but not sure when.

 

[castoff]

Thought you might like to see a couple recent pics of Harley. His ears are coming along quite nicely,I think. He ways 23.5 lbs as of today and he's 4 months old.

Aw he looks so much happier. What a cutie.

Try having a Ghirardelli less than 30 minutes from home. On one of our first dates Mark took me there. Man that guy sure knows the way to my heart!

Nice to see you Tina. Glad you could stop by.


Thanks for the reminder about the shots. I'm all up to date, but I'm going to have my mom call her Dr and check on hers. (Not sure if you heard but I'm now taking my mom instead of my son on the Med repo).




hey...where's my breakfast treat?...I miss those

Oh I love that Choc. I knew you were going on the Med repo............I didn't know you weren't taking your son. How is he handling it ?
I am messing up on all of my quotes because I am also on the phone. I just can't multi-task.

 

[captaincrash]

good evening everyone!
funny thing today...the oscar mayer weiner mobile drove right past my house this morning!! i usually give the kids breakfast, and then we head right outside for play. this morning it was overcast, so i kept the kids on the front porch instead. well, there we sit, and all of a sudden this huge hot dog comes bumbling up the street!!!! i guess if i listened to the radio/news, i would have known it was going to be in town, but i pay no attention to local stuff. kids thought it was a real treat...and of course we had to have hot dogs for lunch today!! that was all they talked about all day long!! so funny!!

 

[castoff]

Is that a good thing!!!



OMG That is no record I would ever want to beat!!!!!



I walk everyday and eat under 1000 calories a day. I lost a whooping 3 pounds in a month!!! I guess it is better than gaining.

Hi Cheryl: Yes it's a good thing. What is sad is that it took this long to get finally work up a sweat.

 

[castoff]

Of course, if you want to scare yourself....

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/camerica.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/caribean.htm

Oh Thanks Just what I needed to see.

 

[castoff]

Thanks for the info Tina! Especially about the Florastor. I'll have to look into that. DD & I already get stomach ailments very easily so any preventative meaure will be appreciated.

Your welcome Brooke was excited to hear from Taylor. I think she is using my computer more then me.


Need to make dinner now.

 

[kap158]

I was not kidding about being hungry... I finished off the remains of a half gallon of strawberry ice cream with coke (a godzilla sized coke float). And maybe "godzilla" was an exaggeration... <chuckles>. I only do this maybe 3 or 4x a year ... that is to go on a coke float splurge.

Strawberry Ice Cream with Coke? I am sure it was good!!!
I am hungry but have no idea what I want. I am a Diet Pepsi person myself. I am going to have to figure out how to get Diet Pepsi on the ship.

I just bought a new Espresso machine today(this is my third one in the past week. The first one I bought when I got it home it had Christmas wrapping paper on the bottom and all the accessories were missing, the second one I have had since Thursday, the frother doesn't work! So back today to William Sonoma and bought a different brand, more high tech and believe or not easier to use. So I set it up tonite and everything works so I made a delicious latte!!!



Karen

 

[AndyR]

Well it's been a while since I checked in, but with only 13 months to go, I decided to drop into Home depot and pick up:

Now....time to ketchup.

Andy

 

[Downrivermama]

Evening everyone! DD and I went to the Wyandotte Art Street Fair and had elephant ears for dinner! I know it's not the best meal, but we only do it once a year and they are huge! DD got a marshmellow gun! Yes it shoots mini marshmellows. I treated myself to a Pandora braclet and 2 charms. An owl and suit case. Our local artist who paints nature and birds was there and she painted an owl and it was already sold! The first time she has done owls. Her kids go to our school. Weather is nice a cool tonight.

 

[kap158]

Evening everyone! DD and I went to the Wyandotte Art Street Fair and had elephant ears for dinner! I know it's not the best meal, but we only do it once a year and they are huge! DD got a marshmellow gun! Yes it shoots mini marshmellows. I treated myself to a Pandora braclet and 2 charms. An owl and suit case. Our local artist who paints nature and birds was there and she painted an owl and it was already sold! The first time she has done owls. Her kids go to our school. Weather is nice a cool tonight.

Sounds like you had a great time!



Karen

 

[Grandma x3]

JoJo the DISDog is 14yo and weighs a "hefty" 11 pounds.

My 7 mo. old Max is now 80 Lbs.!!!! I'm so glad he's a sweetie and obedient!

 

[Grandma x3]

Love eBags! Too bad we moved to CO and now have to pay sales tax on their stuff.

Not a belt per se but I've used this and like it a lot...
http://www.amphipod.com/155/155.html

It holds 2-3 passports, some credit/KTTW/id cards and a little cash. When in unfamiliar or pickpocket-prone areas, I keep the important stuff in this and my "diversion wallet" in my back pocket. The diversion is 2 or 3 debit/credit cards (with expired, old, deactivated numbers), a couple of gift cards that have no value and maybe $6 in singles folded to make it look like a bankroll.

Anyway, the Amphipod is nice to hold the valuables. Plus, the outer/top flap holds your sunglasses

One tip I got from another travel forum was from a guy who routinely travels to Hong Kong and Marrakech where the urchins are verrrry skilled at pickpocketing. So, he uses a unique plan to thwart/catch them. He uses a decoy wallet like I mentioned but he stuffs it with 10-15 $2 bills. Why $2 notes? Because $2 notes are an oddity enough here in the US, imagine what they are like overseas! So when a skilled pickpocket lifted his decoy from his buttoned back pocket, he told his hotel concierge who called the police. The he told the police that the wallet had some $30 in $2 US notes with sequential serial numbers...don't you know 10 minutes later a local police station got a phone call from a currency exchange booth because some fool was trying to pass the strangest US dollar notes they'd ever seen! Bad guy was caught, went to jail and our intrepid traveler got his $30 back.

And to see what a skilled pickpocket can do....
http://newsvoid.com/videos/fastestpickpocket.html
(Note, keep an eye on the guy in suspenders!)

Thanks for the info - I bookmarked it - dh liked it.

 

[Grandma x3]

Thought you might like to see a couple recent pics of Harley. His ears are coming along quite nicely,I think. He ways 23.5 lbs as of today and he's 4 months old.

He s soooo cute!!

 

[Verandah Man]

Angelina's senior portraits arrived in the mail this afternoon, when Angelina opened them and showed Hazel the composite photo that we ordered for our livingroom wall, Hazel started crying, which then got Angelina tearing up.

And to think, Angelina's senior year doesn't start until September...........

 

[LITTLEKID58]

There is nothing better then a pastrami sandwich in NYC along with Pizza, Knish, Bialy's and Chinese food.

Can I meet up with you?


Karen

Sure Can..........

 

[justmestace]

Angelina's senior portraits arrived in the mail this afternoon, when Angelina opened them and showed Hazel the composite photo that we ordered for our livingroom wall, Hazel started crying, which then got Angelina tearing up.

And to think, Angelina's senior year doesn't start until September...........

Awww...sounds like you're going to have....sing it with me now....

A year of laughter, a year of tears
A year of hopes and a year of fears.....



Corny but true......

 

[FINCANTIERI]

Hi everyone. Been away for a few weeks. Is chat still on for Fri, night at 9 pm.?

 

[kap158]

It's been a great day chatting with everyone. It is time for me to say goodnite and talk to you tomorrow.

Goodnite!


Karen

 

[FINCANTIERI]

And what happened to the first page?

 

[arlenesp]

We lived in NY over 35 years before moving to florida(been here 12) .. On Aug9 we are going back to NY and staying in midtown to do the tourist thing.. My son graduated from college this past May.. and that is what he wanted.. Looking so forward to it .. we have tickets to the Yankee game.. ... and of couse two broadway shows..Having dinner with friends .. Our DD and DDH from DC is meeting us for a couple of days.. All I am looking forward to is PIZZA..........KNISH..........PASTRAMI... BAGELS... BIALY"S and Chinese food....

The best Chinese is really in Chinatown. And the lower east side used to have Yonah Schimmels Knishes.(sp?)

Hi everyone. Been away for a few weeks. Is chat still on for Fri, night at 9 pm.?

We will be there...